Senior Backend Software Engineer Software company $190k to $300k USD base a year Posted yesterday

raydar; United States; Remote; USD 190.000 - 300.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health, dental & vision coverage

Zusammenfassung

Raydar is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to build server-side features and language-model-powered services from definition to live release. You will make core architectural choices and own outcomes with minimal supervision while collaborating with the founding team.

The role is fully remote in the United States, with equity and competitive base pay. You should have 5+ years of backend experience and a track record of shipping products used by customers.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of server-side software engineering with direct product impact.
• Experience building production-grade features with end users.
• Hands-on ownership from concept to release, with minimal PM handoff.
• Ability to clarify complex problems and design from fundamentals.
• Experience defining technical direction for large initiatives.

Aufgaben

• Own server-side features from problem definition through live release.
• Build and release language-model-driven agents handling large data volumes.
• Define system structure, data organization, and interfaces.
• Lead projects with high risk and high reward with minimal supervision.
• Collaborate with founding team to align product direction and customer needs.
• Support deployments and customer adoption as usage grows.

Kenntnisse

Python

SQL

Language models

Autonomous agents

Server-side

Distributed systems

Jobbeschreibung

# Senior Backend Software EngineerSoftware company* LocationUnited States* WorkRemote* TypeFull-time* Posted12 November 2026Apply for this roleThe role, as published## About the companyOur client is a software company.## The roleRaydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. This generalist role centers on building server-side product features and language-model-powered services, from early problem definition through to live release. The engineer makes technical choices with minimal supervision and partners with the founding group on product direction and customer needs.## What you'll do* Carry features from initial problem definition through server-side build-out and into live use.* **Build and release language-model-driven** agents that handle large volumes of imperfect data and behave consistently.* **Set the course for how systems are structured**, how data is organized and how interfaces are built, and hold code to a high bar.* Take charge of projects where both the risk and the reward are significant, with little supervision.* Help determine product direction with the founding group and translate customer requirements into engineering plans.* **Partner with the founding** group on account work as customer deployments expand.## What we're looking for* Five-plus years of server-side engineering, including work on products that customers use directly.* Prior work as a founder or early-hire engineer at a young company that launched and grew within the past five years.* A history of clear business results that the candidate drove personally, rather than a list of assigned duties.* Hands-on ownership of product functionality from concept through release, with direct contact with end users and no product manager intermediating.* Skill in clarifying murky problems and working from fundamentals before proposing a design.* Experience defining the technical course for unclear, consequential initiatives.* Versatile engineer who is at ease working across many layers of a product, not only low-level plumbing.* Advanced command of Python for server software running in production.* Sound judgment in structuring server-side software and designing how its parts interact.* Comfortable designing interfaces between services and working with SQL-based databases.* Practical history creating software on top of language models or autonomous agent frameworks.## Benefits* Health, dental and vision coverage## Location and work model* Remote (US)* Full-time employment## Compensation, as the posting describes it* Equity* Flexible time offPay$190k to $300kUSD base a year